Relocating the fire extinguisher

[one_iota]

I've located the extinguisher on the rear door:





The holes in the extinguisher holder coincide with the fixings of the door card (125mm centre to centre). Some longer bolts, some rubber foam behind and there it is.

[p38arover]

Ive located the extinguisher on the rear door:

I'd have to say it would have been pretty hard to miss!

[one_iota]

I'd have to say it would have been pretty hard to miss!

Well strictly speaking and in a vain attempt to deny you the pleasure you take in exploiting the ambiguity so often manifest in the English language I should have said it was a relocation from one Defender to another. Accordingly the thread has been re-titled.

[Tins]

Unless your name is Sir Jony, I'm experiencing some difficulty locating an apostrophe.

[p38arover]

Accordingly the thread has been re-titled.

I noticed!

[one_iota]

Unless your name is Sir Jony, I'm experiencing some difficulty locating an apostrophe.

Corrected....I hope all your difficulties are that easily fixed.

[4bee]

Corrected....I hope all your difficulties are that easily fixed.

I have always been concerned where to fix these things & it ain't easy.

D1. Alongside Driver's seat so it can be grabbed as you bale out. My preference, but each vehicle presents a problem or 2 & you do not want it loose in the cab proper for even a slight collision & electrics are damaged


Rear of vehicle as shown above.

What happens if you are rear ended? Door jammed?

In our Mazda CX3 there is no place except loose in the boot which again is not ideal.
A Rear ender means the lid may be jammed & while access can be obtained from Inside, you have to get passengers out to lift the seat "do flikkie." In the meantime the vehicles is going up in smoke.



Even if rear access is ok you may need to pull out half a ton of Misc rubbish before activating the Fire Ex.

In all my years of operating Hi-Ace vans there were obvious locations, but sedans seem to be ignored by Manufacturers. Maybe they should be fitted with a "Pull the Cable Central system" & fill the car from Front bumper to Rear bumper with powder or CO2 which could be operated from outside. TiC.

[one_iota]

I have always been concerned where to fix these things & it ain't easy.

Points well made.

I think of it as not being to save me but for coming across a situation where it's needed to save someone else.

[4bee]

Points well made.

I think of it as not being to save me but for coming across a situation where it's needed to save someone else.

Sure, admirable thinking but the above is always a possibility once you hit the Macadam but not necessarily.

Case in point. I had some elec work done on the D1 V8i needing a battery connection. One of the cables shorted to earth due it being run over a hot pipe from the heater without any sleeving on it. I know, don't say it. Feed to the new elec Rad Fan I think it was

I was about to hit it with the Fire ext when a bloke came out of the nearby pub, said he was an Auto Elec & proceeded to hit it out with his hands. IDJIT! Main damage was the overhead Bonnet sound proofing but it could have got worse quite quickly.
He didn't even want me to buy him a pint to make up for the pain he must have felt.

2nd bit of bad luck that evening, as I was on the way to the specialist only for him to tell me my diagnosis was Prostate Ca. Still here though.



EDIT. BTW, I have seen these fixed to the rear face of the D1 Cubby Box but still not ideal as it would get in the way of Rear seat Passengers.

[one_iota]

....2nd bit of bad luck that evening, as I was on the way to the specialist only for him to tell me my diagnosis was Prostate Ca. Still here though..

That's good! I don't know whose bad idea having a prostate was! Mine has had to be dealt with!